We must clean the lens of our hearts to see the state of our souls. However, too often the former is too dirty to even know that the latter exists.

We might do well to take a look at what we’ve crammed into our pockets as it will say much about what we’ve crammed into our hearts.

In evaluating ourselves, we tend to be long on our weaknesses and short on our strengths.

It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God.

I take my cues from the world around me and carefully paint a self-portrait that the world can’t help but accept. However, I would be much wiser to put down all such artistic notions and hold up the portrait of me painted by God simply because that is a picture at which the world can’t help but marvel.

To save myself I must face myself, which may be the hardest of all things to face.